At the Meeting House--Most people attend the 11:00 am Meeting for Worship. Child care is available. First Day School (Religious Education for K-8) is held during the school year, with supervised playground activities in the summer.

First Steps in Becoming a More Diverse Community

Date:

08/06/2017

Time:

11:00:00 AM

Description:

Beginning
on June 18 and continuing through the end of September, all who attend a
Meeting for Worship (no matter how often you have been to our Meeting) will be
invited and encouraged to answer two questions on a post card as they are led
(or to decline to answer either question).

Bethesda Friends Meeting is
interested in including a diversity of people in our meeting activities,
especially young adults (ages 18 through 35) and people with various racial and
ethnic identities.

--The first question is worded as follows: “We understand that
race is a social construct and that all human beings share a common ancestor;
nevertheless, how would you describe your racial and/or ethnic identity?”

--The
second question is worded as follows: “Are you between the ages of 18 and 35
inclusive?”

The cards will be collected in a box on the credenza and will be
anonymous. Thank you for your participation in this first stage of the
endeavor. This has been seasoned by an Ad Hoc Committee, which welcomes all
comments, in the full understanding that this is only a first step in our
communal reflections on the opportunities and challenges of becoming the
diverse community we wish to be.

To learn more about the Ad Hoc Committee and the Diversity Initiative, please click here.

Exp with Light (Summer schedule)

Date:

08/06/2017

Time:

7:30:00 PM

Description:

July 23rd & August 6th & 27th: Dates that Experiment with Light will be held during summer of 2017. How do we quiet our brains enough to hear the still, small voice within us? How might we deepen our experience of meeting for worship? Experiment With Light is a meditative and centering practice based upon Rex Ambler’s book Light to Live By, which describes early Quaker meditative habits and translates them into a highly accessible process of clearness and understanding. We will be meeting on Sunday evenings, at 7:30 p.m. On July 23, we will meet in the home of Peter and Ruth Nielsen-Jones. The sessions in August will be on August 6 and August 27, both at the home of Jane Meleney Coe. Please come if you can! For details: bethesdafm@igc.org, 301-320-5083